ELORA – Centre Wellington Township community development coordinator Paula Sealey describes National Culture Days as the largest collective public participation campaign undertaken by the arts and cultural community in Canada.
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Puslinch unveils community guide, business directory
ABERFOYLE – Puslinch Township has announce the launch of the 2024 Puslinch Community Guide and Business Directory.
Riverfest Elora holding volunteer open house
CENTRE WELLINGTON – Riverfest Elora’s Volunteer Open House will take place on June 27 at 6pm at the Elora Centre for the Arts, on the second floor, in the Riverfest Elora office.
Tim Hortons smile cookies bring in $157,000 for Children’s Foundation student nutrition programs
WELLINGTON COUNTY – People who bought the cookies with the sweet and wonky smiles at local Tim Hortons restaurants this spring helped contribute to a big pay day for the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington.
Fitness and fun at the centre of seniors mystery card walk
FERGUS – The Victoria Park Seniors Centre in Fergus hosted a mystery card walk event for seniors, on June 10.
Lacroix to replace Vandervaart at Scottish Festival
FERGUS – Shortly after an announcement that Charles Vandervaart, star of Outlander, would attend the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Vandervaart announced he wouldn’t be able to make it.
Everdale Farm welcomes summer with Summer Solstice Jamboree
EVERDALE – Everdale Farm, a not-for-profit community farm just outside Hillsburgh, is hosting Summer Solstice Jamboree, an outdoor music festival and fundraiser for the Good Food Project.
Lovers of the Birds
This spring, my sister-in-love Mary invited me to spend some time with her and her son Christopher, a delightful, intelligent Downs man.
Royal Terrace Long-term Care raises over $600 towards Alzheimer’s Society
PALMERSTON– Residents of Royal Terrace Long-Term Care participated in the IG Wealth Walk for Alzheimer’s.
Tina and Alex Kanarek: A love story
ROCKWOOD – “There was something quite magical in watching your parents turn into other people when they were acting,” said Melanie Kanarek of her mother and father, Tina and Alex Kanarek.
WHSS students’ perform a ‘Zombie Prom’ musical
MOUNT FOREST – Wellington Heights Secondary School performed a Zombie Prom musical on May 30, 31, and June 1.
The dumbphone?
Although some claim ditching the smartphone for a dumbphone is trending, this simpler way to communicate without nonsense hasn’t breached 1% of the population. Some trend.
Rotary Club of Erin distributes $90,000 to communities around globe
ERIN – Rotary Club of Erin president Nina de Vaal shared how a club of 24 members is making an international impact during a May 23 town council meeting.
Clifford Rotarian Celebration Square gets new LED sign
CLIFFORD – The Clifford Rotarian Celebration Square is functioning with a new LED sign under the clock.
Local groups back proposed tiny home encampment at county committee
GUELPH - Several local interest groups, community organizations and concerned residents turned out at a Wellington-Guelph social services committee meeting in support of the Guelph Tiny Homes Coalition, which seeks to get a tiny home community of up to 50 units built by winter.